Senior Contracts & Procurement Officer - AWARD

Senior Contracts & Procurement Officer An opportunity to cover maternity leave has arisen for a Senior Contract and Procurement Officer to work as part of the Adult Social Care, Health and Well-Being's Commissioning Support Unit. The post holder will be responsible for the procurement and contract management across a full range of Public Health services.

The post holder will develop and manage tendering (including OJEU) and performance management processes for their portfolio of services and hold robust audit trails in compliance with the Council's Standing Financial Instructions and Contract Procedures. The post holder will work closely with colleagues within the Directorate to ensure services procured reflect what is required to deliver the commissioning aims and objectives.

Through performance management of services the officer will take lead responsibility for developing and improving the quality of service delivery for a defined portfolio, working with a range of commissioners. The post holder will manage relationships with providers and manage service finances to ensure contracts deliver within agreed budgets.

The post holder will lead in the resolution of all contract-related queries relating their portfolio managing non-compliance and performance management issues to resolution. Knowledge and experience of OJEU tendering is required.

Please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification for full details. Together with the CV please send 2 up to date references.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the Quotation document or other related documents.

In Order To View a On-Line Questionnaire (if applicable) or Submit a Quotation, you will be required to` Opt-In`. Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. Closing date: Wednesday 20 June 2018 at 15:00hrs